The Ministry of Finance intervened during Golden Week, with the intervention amount on 30 April reaching a record ¥6.2787 trillion. The 3-day total reached ¥11.7349 trillion.
The Ministry of Finance conducted yen-buying, dollar-selling intervention on 30 April, with the amount reaching ¥6.2787 trillion. Combined with the Bank of Japan, the amount implemented is believed to be the largest on record for this period.
Intervention was also carried out on 4 May and 6 May, in addition to 30 April. The amounts publicly disclosed were ¥7.8 billion on 4 May and ¥4.6759 trillion on 6 May. The interventions were conducted without prior disclosure, in a so-called "covert" manner.
The total intervention over the 3 days was ¥11.7349 trillion, showing that the scale of intervention in April was particularly large.
The yen exchange rate moved around the intervention, strengthening rapidly from the ¥160-per-dollar range into the ¥155-per-dollar range for a time on the night of 30 April.